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SPOT FORECAST FOR FOX CREEK SLASH PILES...BLACKFEET AGENCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1058 AM MDT MON MAY 17 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON MAY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL PRODUCE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
THIS AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY. APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL CAUSE
SOME INCREASING CLOUDINESS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH A CHANCE OF
AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. RELATIVELY
LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH TODAY AND TUESDAY.
SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY EARLY WITH INCREASING CLOUDINESS
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH
                    THE NIGHT.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........64-69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY EARLY WITH INCREASING CLOUDINESS
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH INCREASING TO
                    AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LOSS
REQUESTED BY...TYSON RUNNING WOLF  FMO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100517.FOXCR.01/TFX